Endoscopic Vacuum Therapy of Colon


Treatment of the fistula was done with a new type of film drain. Diameter can be adjusted easily.   



Endoscopic intracavitary vacuum sponge therapy of anastomotic leakage in the proximal colon after right-sided colectomy

Loske G, Schorsch T, Müller C. Endoscopic intracavitary vacuum sponge therapy of anastomotic leakage in the proximal colon after right-sided colectomy. Endoscopy. 2010;42 Suppl 2:E171-2. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1244177. Epub 2010 Jun 16. PMID: 20556720.

Vacuum drainage was placed in the right colon.
Vacuum drainage was placed in the right colon.